Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-02
2006-05-02
Culbreth, Eric (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S729000, C280S743100, C293S107000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07036844
ABSTRACT:
A multi-chambered bumper airbag for deployment from the bumper of a vehicle in the event of a collision with another vehicle is provided. The airbag comprises a main inflatable portion that, when inflated, absorbs the energy from contact with a structural member of the struck vehicle. The airbag also has one or more secondary inflatable portions concentric with the main inflatable portion. Because the secondary inflatable portions have a lower gas pressure than the main inflatable portion, they are used to cushion the occupant of the struck vehicle should the occupants' head and neck be forced out of the window of the struck vehicle.
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Barbat Saeed David
Curry Paul G.
Hammer David R.
Hansen Larry K.
Kalisz Deborah L.
Culbreth Eric
Ford Global Technologies LLC
Holden Jerry
MacKenzie Frank A.
Universal Propulsion Company, Inc.
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